Age months Hip Height inches Hip Width inches 2 Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 93 29 32 2 30 33 3 32 34 4 34 36 5 35 38 6 36 39 7 38 40 8 39 41 9 40 42 10 40 42 11 41 43 12 42 44 13 43 45 14 44 45 15 44 46 16 45 46 17 45 47 18 45 47 19 46 47 20 46 48 21 47 48 22 47 49 23 48 49 24 48 50 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 32 34 2 34 36 3 36 38 4 37 40 5 39 42 6 40 44 7 42 45 8 43 46 9 44 48 10 45 49 11 46 50 12 47 51 13 48 52 14 49 52 15 49 53 16 50 54 17 50 54 18 51 55 19 51 55 20 52 56 21 52 56 22 52 56 23 53 57 24 53 57 25 53 57 from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 33 2 33 35 3 35 37 4 37 38 5 38 41 6 40 42 7 41 43 8 42 44 9 43 47 10 44 46 11 45 47 12 46 48 13 46 48 14 47 49 15 48 50 16 49 51 17 50 52 18 50 52 19 51 52 20 51 53 21 51 53 22 52 54 23 52 54 24 52 55 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 32 2 32 34 3 34 36 4 36 38 5 37 39 6 39 41 7 40 42 8 41 43 9 42 44 10 43 45 11 44 46 12 45 47 13 46 48 14 46 48 15 47 49 16 48 49 17 48 50 18 48 50 19 49 50 20 49 51 21 49 51 22 50 52 23 50 52 24 50 52 25 51 53 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 32 2 33 34 3 34 36 4 36 38 5 37 39 6 37 41 7 40 42 8 41 43 9 42 44 10 43 45 11 44 46 12 45 47 13 46 47 14 46 48 15 47 49 16 47 49 17 48 50 18 48 50 19 49 50 20 49 51 21 49 51 22 50 51 23 50 52 24 50 52 25 51 52 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Authors Coleen M.
Jud Heinrichs. Why do we need this? Entering your postal code will help us provide news or event updates for your area. Related Products. Holsteins, Jerseys, and other dairy breeds are being used for meat once the milking is done. They may feel as if they have had plenty to eat, but they are not getting enough nutrition.
This naturally leads to malnourishment and ill health. For optimum health, a cow should eat about 1. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search.
Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Assignment When can you breed a Jersey heifer? A pound steer could be fed lbs. Barley is the best grain for lot feeding cattle, but wheat, triticale, sorghum, maize, lupins, and oats can be used.
Oats is not an ideal grain on its own for fattening cattle but can be used with any of the other grains. Hay or silage can be used as the roughage source. Feeding — of them in 13 months or thereabout by feeding shelled corn with a specifically designed protein pellet with a very minimal amount of hay or forage is a usual practice.
The secret is to get them fast before they gain any extra frame. If they are successfully raised through weaning, the work gets much easier as they mature. The goal is for calves to gain an average of 2 pounds per day by 8 weeks old. Proper growth and development, especially before weaning, lead to better 2-year-old production and lifetime performance. Jerseys have a higher maintenance energy requirement and need to start gaining weight to build their immune system quickly.
High content of protein and fat in the milk or milk replacer, such as a 28 percent protein, 25 percent fat milk replacer, works well. Jersey calves are typically born with lower birthweights than Holsteins and will require extra care. While this helps to reduce the amount of dystocia or calving difficulties experienced by them, it also means that these calves are born with quite little body fat. We recommend that Jersey calves be placed into a heated environment before being moved to the hutch during cool and cold weather.
That way, when you move them to the larger group or running pens, their rumen is more developed and they can more easily adapt to a grain-based diet.
Producers should work with their calf grower and veterinarian to agree on a vaccine protocol that covers each animal from the day she is born until she gets to the fresh pen.
They can be bred to freshen earlier in life Jerseys mature a lot earlier and will reach puberty sooner than Holsteins. This creates an opportunity to actively manage breeding to ensure a first calving age of at least 22 months old. Heifers that calve earlier in life deliver a more promising return on investment. Reproduction is a strong trait of Jerseys, and many herds we work with have pregnancy rates of more than 28 percent.
Consider administering a dose of prostaglandin on the day of movement into a breeding pen. Heifers will show heats more easily and quickly, and all should come into estrus within the first week of being in the breeding pen. Just be sure to manage feed intakes so their body condition scores are at least 3 at breeding.
Hypocalcemia is caused by a shortage of blood calcium levels shortly after calving. The key here is management of minerals in the pre-fresh diet.
The way it works is that the anionic salts help acidify the blood pre-calving, better opening the channels for calcium exchange between the bloodstream and the bone marrow. When calcium demands go up at calving, these open exchanges help Jerseys better meet that need. Monitor urine pH levels once a week after they have been on the diet for at least one week.
Jersey calves are a fun and unique breed with which to work. References omitted due to space but are available upon request. Click here to email an editor. Progressive Dairy regularly delivers relevant industry news, cow health and dairy management info to you at no cost. Progressive Dairy magazine is printed 20 times each year for forward-thinking U. The award-winning magazine's editors and contributors provide compelling features, helpful articles, insightful news analysis, and entertaining commentary about the people, practices and topics related to a dairy lifestyle.
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